Antirefillable bottle.



A. E. SMITH & L. ZEGLE NSKI.

' ANTIREPILLABLE BOTTLE.

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masses APPLICATION FILED NOV. 11, 1912.

Patented May 20, 1913.

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UNITED STATES PA E T OFFICE.

ALEKSANDER E. SMITH, 0F JERSEY CITY, AND LUDWIG ZEGLENSKI, OF BAYONNE,

' NEW JERSEY.

.AN'IIREFILLABLE BO TLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 20, 1913.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that we, (1) ALnKsANDnn E. SMITH and (2) LUnwIc'ZnoLnNsm,subjects of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing at (1) Jersey Cityand (2) Bayonne, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Antirefillable Bottles,of which the following is a specification, reference being had thereinto the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to an anti-refillable bottle, and the object ofour invention is to furnish the neck of a bottle with a novel closure,whereby the contents of the bottle can be removed, but the placing ofother matter in the bottle prevented by the novel construction of theclosure.

Our invention aims to eliminate in the various practice of unscrupulousmerchants in re-filling bottles that once contained a popular brand ofliquid with an inferior article and dispensing the bottle as theoriginal goods.

The invention will be better understood when reference is had to theaccompanying drawing and the detaileddescription thereof.

In the drawing :Figure 1 is a vertical sectional View of a portion of abottle in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontalsectional view taken on the line IIII of Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a sideelevation of the detached closure. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a checkvalve forming partof the closure, and Fig. 5 is a View illustratingdetails of a valve seat.

Further describing our invention with reference to the accompanyingdrawing, wherein like numerals denote corresponding parts throughout: 1denotes the neck of a bottle, jar or similar receptacle and this neckhas a rim 2 an inwardly projecting annular flange 3 adjacent to thebreast 4 of the bottle.

5 denotes a tubular valve seat mounted upon the flange 3 within thebottle neck, said valve seat being made of a vitreous material similarto the bottle neck.

6 denotes a check valve in the form of a spherical body that rests uponthe valve seat 5 when the bottle neck is in an upright position.

7 denotes a cylindrical closure that is mounted in the bottle neck 1,said closure having a head 8 that rests upon the rim 2 and is securedthereto by cement or an adhesive material, whereby the closure cannot beremoved without injuring the body neck 1. The closure 7, intermediatethe ends thereof is provided with an annular groove 9 and said closurehas the walls thereof provided with spiral grooves 10 and 11 incommunication with the groove 9. The spiral grooves 10 are arranged thereverse of the grooves 11 and the outer ends of the grooves 11 arein'communication with radially disposed openings 12 provided therefor inthe closure, adjacent to the head 8. The openings 12 are incommunication with a funnel shaped opening 13 formed in the head 8 andthe opening 13 communicates with a recess 14: adapted to receive anordinary stopper or cork. The inner end of the closure has a recess 15providing clearance for the check valve, and the inner end of saidclosure cooperates with the valve seat 5 in limiting a movement of thecheck valve 6 within the bottle neck 1.

The closure 7 prevents a piece of wire or instrument from being insertedin the neck of a bottle to raise the check valve 6 and permit of aliquid being poured into the bottle. The grooves 10 and 11 of the dosure allow a liquid to be removed from the bottle when the bottle istilted or inverted to unseat the check valve 6.

The closure 7 is preferably made of a vitreous material similar to thebottle neck, also the check valve 6, whereby the contents of the bottlewill not be susceptible to any chemical action by reason of the materialusedin constructing the closure of a bottle.

One embodiment of our invention has been illustrated, but it is to beunderstood that the structural elements are susceptible to such changesas fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What we claim is In an anti-refillable bottle, the combination with abottle neck, of a tubular valve seat supported therein, a sphericalvalve mounted upon said seat, a closure including an inner portion, anintermediate portion and an outer portion, said intermediate and innerportions connected together by a neck provided with an annular groove,said inner portion having its inner end recessed for the reception ofsaid valve and its periphery formed with spiral grooves, saidintermediate portion having its periphery formed with spiral groovesreversed with respect In testimony whereof we affix our signato thespiral grooves of the inner portion, tures in the presence of twowitnesses.

said outer portion enlarged for seating upon ALEKSANDER E. SMITH. theouter edge of the neck and hollowed, LUDWIG ZEGLENSKI.

5 said intermediate portion provided With Witnesses for Aleksander E.Smith:

radially disposed ports communicating with ALETA KOUR, the outer ends ofthe spiral grooves of said HIPOLITE TOULAWSKI. portion and furthercommunicating with the \Vitnesses for Ludwig Zeglenski: recess in saidintermediate portion said re- ALEX KoUR,

10 cess communicating with said outer portion. I-IIPATAUSKI ToroTAwsKI.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, I). G.

